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First Deal I've ever gotten from a pawn shop.

bsshog40bsshog40 Posts: 4,037 ✭✭✭✭✭
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I go to a couple thrift stores and a couple pawn shops in a town I work in. Just looking for something interesting. Today was the first day I seen a coin in this little pawn shop. It was in a little ziplock baggie and laying upside down. I was about to leave and thought I'd ask to see it for the fun of it. Pawn coins are always priced waaaay too high for me. Anyway, the guy pulled the bag out and told me it was $14.99. I said I'll take it. Would you have bought it? :p

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    AotearoaAotearoa Posts: 1,621 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice one!

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    SmudgeSmudge Posts: 9,966 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Oh yeah.

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    jedmjedm Posts: 3,241 ✭✭✭✭✭

    For sure!

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    cheezhedcheezhed Posts: 6,317 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Great pick up.

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    mkman123mkman123 Posts: 6,849 ✭✭✭✭

    great pick up

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    CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 33,829 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yee-Hah!

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    AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 25,029 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I might have had them dip it first........damn right!!

    bob :)

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    skier07skier07 Posts: 4,731 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Did that include tax?

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    bsshog40bsshog40 Posts: 4,037 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @SeattleSlammer said:
    A steal not a deal. :naughty:

    What kind of pawn shop worker has no clue about basic silver price?

    I know right?? Less than the price of silver!

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    logger7logger7 Posts: 9,637 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Whenever precious metals and numismatics get offered out of the pawn shops I have been in, either a) the seller has gotten the shaft; or b) title hadn't lawfully passed to the seller.

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    bsshog40bsshog40 Posts: 4,037 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @skier07 said:
    Did that include tax?

    With tax was $16.23.

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    1Bufffan1Bufffan Posts: 675 ✭✭✭✭

    Great Catch! if you check the Inventory tag it is dated 4/4/2015 someone has not kept up with silver pricing. at the time silver was running anywhere between 15 and 17 dollars making there mark-up somewhere in the 19.35 range if you take it times .77344 to come up with the price of 14.97 per ounce of silver Still a Great Catch!

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    crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 14,212 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I would’ve bought it in a heartbeat >:)

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    BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Awesome nice photography too.

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    ElKevvoElKevvo Posts: 4,197 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice pickup! And for the price it was a nice deal. Thanks for sharing...

    K

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    aclocoacloco Posts: 955 ✭✭✭

    Unreal.

    Congratulations!!!

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    WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 10,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Heck yeah!

    That's great, Bobby!

    Love that old fatty and how it toned in there, too.

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    ms70ms70 Posts: 13,958 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice!

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    ADGADG Posts: 478 ✭✭✭

    @bsshog40 said:

    @SeattleSlammer said:
    A steal not a deal. :naughty:

    What kind of pawn shop worker has no clue about basic silver price?

    I know right?? Less than the price of silver!

    Melt value of the coin is $11.81 as of 8/2 at coinflation.com/unitedstates/. Still a great deal, but the coin was not sold at less than melt.

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    bsshog40bsshog40 Posts: 4,037 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ADG said:

    @bsshog40 said:

    @SeattleSlammer said:
    A steal not a deal. :naughty:

    What kind of pawn shop worker has no clue about basic silver price?

    I know right?? Less than the price of silver!

    Melt value of the coin is $11.81 as of 8/2 at coinflation.com/unitedstates/. Still a great deal, but the coin was not sold at less than melt.

    I don't remember saying Melt! Silver price as of 8/2 is $15.305

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    thefinnthefinn Posts: 2,657 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice at twice the price... even thrice!

    thefinn
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    jesbrokenjesbroken Posts: 11,206 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Great pickup Bobby. That is a cool coin for less than melt. Congrats.
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    ADGADG Posts: 478 ✭✭✭

    Based on this thread, I guess there's a lot of people that think a Morgan dollar contains an ounce of silver!?? coinflation.com/coins/1878-1921-Silver-Morgan-Dollar-Value.html

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    lkeigwinlkeigwin Posts: 16,895 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Holy crap! What a great pick up.

    Worth at least $15. :dizzy:

    WTG.
    Lance.

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    rln_14rln_14 Posts: 686 ✭✭✭✭

    nice one, congrats

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    jtlee321jtlee321 Posts: 2,367 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I wonder if they would have taken $12.99? >:):p

    That is a sweet pick up. I would have bought that in a second and then asked if they had anymore in the back. :)

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    ChrisH821ChrisH821 Posts: 7,092 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Care to double your money? :)

    Collector, occasional seller

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    SeattleSlammerSeattleSlammer Posts: 10,121 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 2, 2018 10:38PM

    @ADG said:
    Based on this thread, I guess there's a lot of people that think a Morgan dollar contains an ounce of silver!?? coinflation.com/coins/1878-1921-Silver-Morgan-Dollar-Value.html

    No. But generally at current silver prices, you’d be lucky to even get a heavily worn piece of junk Morgan for $14.99. Hence the appreciation for this deal: a lustrous, solid looking MS64 with cool color in an old Fatty slab. I wager this coin could sell pretty easily on the BST here for $100.

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    sawyerjoshsawyerjosh Posts: 416 ✭✭✭

    You suck!

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    CoinCrazyPACoinCrazyPA Posts: 2,899 ✭✭✭✭

    Great score

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    lkeneficlkenefic Posts: 9,328 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Sweet!

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    CoinstartledCoinstartled Posts: 10,135 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Find the owner/manager and hand him an extra forty bucks.

    After he gets over the shock, he may let you in on a bunch of other coin deals.

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    Timbuk3Timbuk3 Posts: 11,658 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Absolutely !!! :)

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    PocketArtPocketArt Posts: 1,335 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Man, deals like this occur once in a blue moon- a nice blue w/o moon money! Congratulations!

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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That is a great deal.... Even raw Morgans are more expensive than that in the antique shops in this town.... Yes, I would have grabbed that one (even with the tarnish ;) ) at that price. Cheers, RickO

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    david3142david3142 Posts: 3,686 ✭✭✭✭✭

    An unstickered NGC coin? I’m surprised he didn’t have to pay you to take it. </end sarcasm>

    Great score and nice toning!

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    bsshog40bsshog40 Posts: 4,037 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Coinstartled said:
    Find the owner/manager and hand him an extra forty bucks.

    After he gets over the shock, he may let you in on a bunch of other coin deals.

    I go into this pawn shop a couple times a month. I never see coins there. This was the first.

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    BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @bsshog40 There's a new pawn shop that opened up about 3 miles from me 6 months ago... Guess who is finally going there today? ;):p

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    oih82w8oih82w8 Posts: 13,049 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 3, 2018 5:57AM

    Shoot fire, I probably would have pulled a muscle getting my wallet out of my pocket fast enough!

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    JimnightJimnight Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Oh yeah... Nice coin and a good find.

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    DNADaveDNADave Posts: 7,346 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That's a pretty coin. I would have to act quickly to not appear really excited about it.
    Something like "Well, I'll guess I can use it....Hmmmm, Ok, I'll take it.

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    ashelandasheland Posts: 24,420 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Dang! In a fatty no less!

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    bsshog40bsshog40 Posts: 4,037 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @DNADave said:
    That's a pretty coin. I would have to act quickly to not appear really excited about it.
    Something like "Well, I'll guess I can use it....Hmmmm, Ok, I'll take it.

    Yea when he told me 14.99, I said " yea I guess that's a fair price". Lol

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    RogerBRogerB Posts: 8,852 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice find at that price! Does not matter that the "grade" is about 3 points too high.

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    topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The days of pawn shops was back in the seventies,

    I got three 8 Escudos and a 1795 dollar and a 1870CC dollar out of the WINDOW in one of em on one day. :)

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    jmski52jmski52 Posts: 23,956 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Maybe the pawn shops around here are worth a visit once in awhile. You've just convinced me. Nice catch!!!!

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